Voices in the wilderness : public discourse and the paradox of Puritan rhetoric /
Roberts-Miller, Patricia, 1959-
Voices in the wilderness : public discourse and the paradox of Puritan rhetoric / Patricia Roberts-Miller. - Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©1999. - 1 online resource (xiii, 209 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-204) and index.
Preface -- Ghost in the sphere -- The ontic logos, predestination, and aims of probability -- The place of the opposition -- Sugaring of rhetoric -- Prophets in a howling wilderness -- Arguments with voices in the wilderness -- Notes -- Works cited -- Index.
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What has gone wrong with discourse and deliberation in the United States? It remains monologic, argues Patricia Roberts-Miller in Voices in the Wilderness, which traces America's dominant form of argumentation back to its roots in the rhetorical tradition of 17th-century American Puritans. A work of composition theory, rhetorical theory, and cultural criticism, this volume ultimately provides not only new approaches to argumentation and the teaching of rhetoric, composition, and communication but also an original perspective on the current debate over public discourse
Electronic reproduction.
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HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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0585263701 (electronic bk.) 9780585263700 (electronic bk.) (alk. paper) (alk. paper)
American prose literature--Puritan authors--History and criticism.
English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching--United States.
English language--Discourse analysis.--New England
Rhetoric--Political aspects--History.--New England
Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States.
Puritans--Intellectual life.--New England
English language--Rhetoric.--New England
Language and culture--United States.
Puritan movements--United States.
Prose américaine--Auteurs puritains--Histoire et critique.
Discours politique--Histoire.--Nouvelle-Angleterre
Discours politique--États-Unis.
Puritains--Vie intellectuelle.--Nouvelle-Angleterre
Anglais (Langue)--Rhétorique.--Nouvelle-Angleterre
Langage et culture--États-Unis.
Puritanisme--États-Unis.
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.
American prose literature--Puritan authors.
English language--Discourse analysis.
English language--Rhetoric.
English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching.
Language and culture.
Puritan movements.
Puritans--Intellectual life.
Rhetoric--Political aspects.
New England.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PS153.P87 / R63 1999eb
810.9/001
Voices in the wilderness : public discourse and the paradox of Puritan rhetoric / Patricia Roberts-Miller. - Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©1999. - 1 online resource (xiii, 209 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-204) and index.
Preface -- Ghost in the sphere -- The ontic logos, predestination, and aims of probability -- The place of the opposition -- Sugaring of rhetoric -- Prophets in a howling wilderness -- Arguments with voices in the wilderness -- Notes -- Works cited -- Index.
Use copy
What has gone wrong with discourse and deliberation in the United States? It remains monologic, argues Patricia Roberts-Miller in Voices in the Wilderness, which traces America's dominant form of argumentation back to its roots in the rhetorical tradition of 17th-century American Puritans. A work of composition theory, rhetorical theory, and cultural criticism, this volume ultimately provides not only new approaches to argumentation and the teaching of rhetoric, composition, and communication but also an original perspective on the current debate over public discourse
Electronic reproduction.
[S.l.] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
0585263701 (electronic bk.) 9780585263700 (electronic bk.) (alk. paper) (alk. paper)
American prose literature--Puritan authors--History and criticism.
English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching--United States.
English language--Discourse analysis.--New England
Rhetoric--Political aspects--History.--New England
Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States.
Puritans--Intellectual life.--New England
English language--Rhetoric.--New England
Language and culture--United States.
Puritan movements--United States.
Prose américaine--Auteurs puritains--Histoire et critique.
Discours politique--Histoire.--Nouvelle-Angleterre
Discours politique--États-Unis.
Puritains--Vie intellectuelle.--Nouvelle-Angleterre
Anglais (Langue)--Rhétorique.--Nouvelle-Angleterre
Langage et culture--États-Unis.
Puritanisme--États-Unis.
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.
American prose literature--Puritan authors.
English language--Discourse analysis.
English language--Rhetoric.
English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching.
Language and culture.
Puritan movements.
Puritans--Intellectual life.
Rhetoric--Political aspects.
New England.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PS153.P87 / R63 1999eb
810.9/001